Metaphor: a.a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance b. something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.
•His head as bald as holland cheese.
•Like infants, on our hands and knees, we crawled to the opening and lowered ourselves over the side. Stereotype:
to characterize someone or something
•The German Nazis stereotype the Jewish people. They persecute them, imprison them, and kill many of them because they feel they are inferior.
•The Nazis also stereotype people like Corrie and Betsie who helped the Jewish people. They look down upon them.
Allusion:
a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: an allusion to Shakespeare.
Personification:
the person or thing embodying a quality or the like; an embodiment or incarnation
•In front of us was a smiling blue lake. This is personification because a lake cannot really smile, but it takes the form of a happy smile to Corrie
•We were waked up some time in the middle of the night by a clap of thunder and a deluge of rain. This is personification because thunder cannot clap, it just sounds like a clap.
Symbolism:
The practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character
•The watches are used as symbols of the Jewish people staying in the Beje.
•All the watches in your closet are safe. This is an example of symbolism because Nollie is not really talking about Corrie's watches, she is letting her know that all of the guests in the secret room are safe.
Irony: a. a technique of indication as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually stated. b. a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc. especially as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
Individual Assignment #2
Internal Conflict: a struggle with one's self
Main Character: Corrie
Corrie struggles with finding love.
Corrie struggles to keep the guests of the Beje safe.
Corrie deals with all of the deaths in her family.
Minor Character: Betsie
Betsie feels the pressure of taking on more responsibility when her aunts and mother die.
Betsie feels the pressure of taking care of the more and more guests that come to the Beje.
Betsie struggles with the scariness and dangerousness of the situation they are in.
External Conflict: a struggle between a character and an outside force
Main Character: Corrie
Corrie loves Karel but he marries some one else.
Corrie struggles to keep the guests of the Beje safe.
Corrie struggles to keep the Nazis out of the Beje.
Minor Character: Betsie
Betsie is beaten by the Nazis when they raid the Beje.
Betsie is thrown in jail for hiding Jews.
Betsie has to help hide and take care of the Jews hiding in the Beje.
Because of the situation Corrie is in she feels many pressures from both outside forces and her own self. Internal conflicts are struggles with one's self. External conflicts are struggles between a character and an outside force. Corrie has many internal conflicts. She struggles with all of the deaths around her. Her aunts are becoming sick and dying. Her mother also becomes sick and dies. She is loosing many people that she was very close with and dearly cared about. Corrie also struggles with finding love. Once she meets Karel, she falls in love. This was a new experience for Corrie and she was heart broken when he left her and later got married to another woman. Corrie was sad and upset, but with the help of her father was able to feel less upset about Karel. She prayed to God and asked to feel the same way about him that he felt about her. She also struggles to keep the guests of the Beje safe. She feels like it is up to her to protect them from the Nazis and that builds up a lot of pressure on her. Corrie experiences a lot of stress, but knows she has to hide these people. After the Beje was raided, Corrie is worried that all of her hard work will be destroyed and the people hiding will be found.
Corrie also experiences many external conflicts. Corrie loved Karel but he married someone else. This caused a lot of tension between Corrie and Karel. Corrie was very upset with Karel because she thought he loved her. Karel brings his new fiance, Tine, to the Beje, which makes Corrie feel very awkward and sad so she went to her room. Corrie also struggle with the guests who are hiding in the Beje. Not only is the whole experience of hiding Jews in her home scary, dangerous, and stressful, Corrie deals with feeding, caring for, and rooming nine people in her house. Some times they but heads, especially when Corrie was sick and wanted to be alone. Sometimes they get frustrated with each other, but it is a stressful situation. Corrie also has a conflict with the Nazis. She is constantly trying to keep the Beje project secret. She has to get fake ration cards, new identification for the guests, and food. When Corrie is caught, the Nazis are very mean to her and try to get her to tell where the secret hiding place is by beating her. They treat her horribly in prison. As the main character, Corrie experiences both internal conflicts and external conflicts.
Betsie also experiences both internal and external conflicts due to the stressful situation she is in. One of the internal conflicts, struggles with one's self, she faces is the pressure she puts on herself after she has to take on more responsibility. After her aunts and mother die, she has to help more around the house and take on a more "motherly" role for the children of the Ten Boom family. She also feels the pressure of taking care of the more and more guests that come to the Beje. Betsie is emotionally and physically tired. She beings to feel more and more stress as they continue to hid Jewish people in their home. Betsie also struggles with the entire situation she is in. She feels scared because she knows that what she and her family are doing is very dangerous. Betsie looks to God for the strength to keep going.
Betsie also struggles with many external conflicts, or struggles between a character and an outside force. Not only does she have to hide the Jews in the Beje, she has to take care of them. Betsie spends a lot of time cleaning, cooking, and caring for nine extra people in the house. This causes conflict between the guests, but Betsie knows that what she is doing is the right thing so she continues with it. Betsie also has conflicts with the Nazis. They beat her and try to get her to tell them where the secret room is. It is hard for her to watch the rest of her family suffer. Betsie also is thrown in prison for protecting Jewish people in her house. She is not taken care of very well and receives poor treatment. Betsie experiences both internal and external conflicts throughout this entire story.
Individual Assignment #3
There are multiple ways youth were indoctrinated into Nazism. One way was through education. The Nazis used schools to teach the practices of the Nazi system and Nazism, which was based on German racial superiority. All teachers had to be inspected by local Nazi officials. Any teacher that was considered disloyal was removed from the school and sometimes sent to a month long training courses that instructed how to teach the new Nazi curriculum. All Jewish teachers lost their jobs and female teachers were encouraged to return home and take up duties as a wife and mother because this was the part of the Nazi ideology. Many youths were also indoctrinated into Nazism through the work force. Many young people worked for companies supporting Nazism and their fight in the war. German boys were also required to attend the Hitler Youth, which included things such as exciting activities and war games. German girls went to the BDM (Bund Deutscher Mädel) and were taught how to be good mothers and to love Hitler.
All of these programs fit into Hitler's plan for a perfect world because many people were being exposed to his ideas of how things should be throughout the entire day. At school, at jobs, and other organizations people were told the practices of Hitler. Both young girls and boys were taught Hitler's ways from an early age. They were told to love Hitler, how to act, and what to do.
AND BECAUSE THIS WAS DONE AT ANY EARLY AGE, CHILDREN ACTED OUT OF OBEDIENCE. AS THEY BECAME OLDER, THEY WERE SO BRAINWASHED THAT THIS TYPE OF LIVING WAS ALL THEY KNEW
Individual Assignment #4
Bandwagon: a party, cause, movement, etc., that by its mass appeal or strength readily attracts many followers
This term relates to my story because the Nazi Party influenced people to dislike Jews. There were signs saying things like "NO JEWS". How they treated the Jewish community also influenced people to follow their treatment of Jews.
Scapegoat: a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place
This term relates to my story because the Jewish people are being blamed for things that are going wrong in the world, when really no person or group can be held responsible for all that is wrong in our world.
Individual Assignment #1
Metaphor:
a. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
b. something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.
•His head as bald as holland cheese.
•Like infants, on our hands and knees, we crawled to the opening and lowered ourselves over the side.
Stereotype:
to characterize someone or something
•The German Nazis stereotype the Jewish people. They persecute them, imprison them, and kill many of them because they feel they are inferior.
•The Nazis also stereotype people like Corrie and Betsie who helped the Jewish people. They look down upon them.
Allusion:
a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: an allusion to Shakespeare.
Personification:
the person or thing embodying a quality or the like; an embodiment or incarnation
•In front of us was a smiling blue lake. This is personification because a lake cannot really smile, but it takes the form of a happy smile to Corrie
•We were waked up some time in the middle of the night by a clap of thunder and a deluge of rain. This is personification because thunder cannot clap, it just sounds like a clap.
Symbolism:
The practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character
•The watches are used as symbols of the Jewish people staying in the Beje.
•All the watches in your closet are safe. This is an example of symbolism because Nollie is not really talking about Corrie's watches, she is letting her know that all of the guests in the secret room are safe.
Irony:
a. a technique of indication as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually stated.
b. a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc. especially as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
Individual Assignment #2
Internal Conflict: a struggle with one's self
External Conflict: a struggle between a character and an outside force
Because of the situation Corrie is in she feels many pressures from both outside forces and her own self. Internal conflicts are struggles with one's self. External conflicts are struggles between a character and an outside force. Corrie has many internal conflicts. She struggles with all of the deaths around her. Her aunts are becoming sick and dying. Her mother also becomes sick and dies. She is loosing many people that she was very close with and dearly cared about. Corrie also struggles with finding love. Once she meets Karel, she falls in love. This was a new experience for Corrie and she was heart broken when he left her and later got married to another woman. Corrie was sad and upset, but with the help of her father was able to feel less upset about Karel. She prayed to God and asked to feel the same way about him that he felt about her. She also struggles to keep the guests of the Beje safe. She feels like it is up to her to protect them from the Nazis and that builds up a lot of pressure on her. Corrie experiences a lot of stress, but knows she has to hide these people. After the Beje was raided, Corrie is worried that all of her hard work will be destroyed and the people hiding will be found.
Corrie also experiences many external conflicts. Corrie loved Karel but he married someone else. This caused a lot of tension between Corrie and Karel. Corrie was very upset with Karel because she thought he loved her. Karel brings his new fiance, Tine, to the Beje, which makes Corrie feel very awkward and sad so she went to her room. Corrie also struggle with the guests who are hiding in the Beje. Not only is the whole experience of hiding Jews in her home scary, dangerous, and stressful, Corrie deals with feeding, caring for, and rooming nine people in her house. Some times they but heads, especially when Corrie was sick and wanted to be alone. Sometimes they get frustrated with each other, but it is a stressful situation. Corrie also has a conflict with the Nazis. She is constantly trying to keep the Beje project secret. She has to get fake ration cards, new identification for the guests, and food. When Corrie is caught, the Nazis are very mean to her and try to get her to tell where the secret hiding place is by beating her. They treat her horribly in prison. As the main character, Corrie experiences both internal conflicts and external conflicts.
Betsie also experiences both internal and external conflicts due to the stressful situation she is in. One of the internal conflicts, struggles with one's self, she faces is the pressure she puts on herself after she has to take on more responsibility. After her aunts and mother die, she has to help more around the house and take on a more "motherly" role for the children of the Ten Boom family. She also feels the pressure of taking care of the more and more guests that come to the Beje. Betsie is emotionally and physically tired. She beings to feel more and more stress as they continue to hid Jewish people in their home. Betsie also struggles with the entire situation she is in. She feels scared because she knows that what she and her family are doing is very dangerous. Betsie looks to God for the strength to keep going.
Betsie also struggles with many external conflicts, or struggles between a character and an outside force. Not only does she have to hide the Jews in the Beje, she has to take care of them. Betsie spends a lot of time cleaning, cooking, and caring for nine extra people in the house. This causes conflict between the guests, but Betsie knows that what she is doing is the right thing so she continues with it. Betsie also has conflicts with the Nazis. They beat her and try to get her to tell them where the secret room is. It is hard for her to watch the rest of her family suffer. Betsie also is thrown in prison for protecting Jewish people in her house. She is not taken care of very well and receives poor treatment. Betsie experiences both internal and external conflicts throughout this entire story.
Individual Assignment #3
There are multiple ways youth were indoctrinated into Nazism. One way was through education. The Nazis used schools to teach the practices of the Nazi system and Nazism, which was based on German racial superiority. All teachers had to be inspected by local Nazi officials. Any teacher that was considered disloyal was removed from the school and sometimes sent to a month long training courses that instructed how to teach the new Nazi curriculum. All Jewish teachers lost their jobs and female teachers were encouraged to return home and take up duties as a wife and mother because this was the part of the Nazi ideology. Many youths were also indoctrinated into Nazism through the work force. Many young people worked for companies supporting Nazism and their fight in the war. German boys were also required to attend the Hitler Youth, which included things such as exciting activities and war games. German girls went to the BDM (Bund Deutscher Mädel) and were taught how to be good mothers and to love Hitler.All of these programs fit into Hitler's plan for a perfect world because many people were being exposed to his ideas of how things should be throughout the entire day. At school, at jobs, and other organizations people were told the practices of Hitler. Both young girls and boys were taught Hitler's ways from an early age. They were told to love Hitler, how to act, and what to do.
AND BECAUSE THIS WAS DONE AT ANY EARLY AGE, CHILDREN ACTED OUT OF OBEDIENCE. AS THEY BECAME OLDER, THEY WERE SO BRAINWASHED THAT THIS TYPE OF LIVING WAS ALL THEY KNEW
Individual Assignment #4
Bandwagon: a party, cause, movement, etc., that by its mass appeal or strength readily attracts many followers
This term relates to my story because the Nazi Party influenced people to dislike Jews. There were signs saying things like "NO JEWS". How they treated the Jewish community also influenced people to follow their treatment of Jews.
Scapegoat: a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place
This term relates to my story because the Jewish people are being blamed for things that are going wrong in the world, when really no person or group can be held responsible for all that is wrong in our world.
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